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Midsummer (Sweden)

Pickled herring, new potatoes with dill, strawberries and cream, and schnapps with songs.

Mittsommerfest in Norwegen, Insel Tysnes.
Photo: Kora27, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

What is eaten for Midsummer (Sweden)

Midsummer Eve is the Friday nearest the summer solstice and the high point of the Swedish year. After dancing round the maypole, everyone sits down outdoors to the same lunch. There are several kinds of pickled herring, the first new potatoes boiled with dill, sour cream and chives, crispbread and cheese. Cold schnapps is drunk in small glasses, each one after a song. Dessert is the first Swedish strawberries, with cream or on a sponge cake.

The dishes

Pickled herringServed in several marinades, first on the table.AkvavitSchnapps drunk in small glasses after a song.CrispbreadEaten with cheese and herring.

Also part of it, and being written: Potato (The first of the year, boiled with dill.), Strawberry (The first Swedish strawberries, with cream.).

More dishes made for Midsummer (Sweden)

Västerbotten cheeseVegetarianVästerbottensost 🇸🇪 SwedenFirm, tangy Swedish cow's milk cheese aged for at least a year Cheese or dairy food
About this page

Written by the Thali desk with AI assistance. Background: "Midsummer" on Wikipedia. Customs differ from family to family and place to place. If this is your tradition and we have it wrong, tell us.

Photo credits on this page

The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.

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